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Parthenopaios, son of Talaos 47
Parthenope, daughter of Stymphalos 92
Pasiphae, daughter of the Sun 43, 97, 98, 134, 172
Patroclos, son of Menoitios 121, 130, 153–4, 155
Pedias, daughter of Mynes 132
Pegasos, offspring of Poseidon, a winged horse 64, 66
Peiras, son of Argos 58
Peirithoos, son of Ixion 40, 84, 121, 142–3, 149
Peisandros (of Cameiros, early epic poet) 42
Peisidice, daughter of Aiolos 38
Peisidice, daughter of Nestor 46
Peisidice, daughter of Pelias 46
Peisinoe, a Siren 167
Peisistratos, son of Nestor 46
Peisos, son of Aphareus 119
Pelagon, son of Asopos 126
Pelasgos, son of Zeus, or earthborn 58, 114
Pelegon, son of Axios 154
Peleus, son of Aiacos 40, 49, 116, 126–9, 148, 160
Pelias, son of Poseidon and Tyro 45–6, 48–9, 53, 56–7; funeral games for 116, 127; daughters of 57
Pelopeia, daughter of Pelias 46
Pelopia, daughter of Amphion 105
[Pelopia,] daughter of Thyestes 145
Pelopia, mother of Cycnos 90
Pelops, son of Tantalos 68, 69, 73, 104, 126, 127, 136, 139, 143–5; altar of 87; bones of 156
Peloros, a Spartos 100
Peneleos, son of Hippalcimos or Hippalmos(?) 50, 121
Penelope, daughter of Icarios 120, 121, 147, 168–70
Penthesileia, daughter of Ares, an Amazon 144, 172
Pentheus, son of Echion 103
Peparethos, son of Dionysos 140
Pephredo, daughter of Phorcos 65
Perdix, mother of Talaos 137
Pereus, son of Elatos 115
Periboia, a Locrian maiden 162
Periboia, daughter of Hipponoos 42
Periboia, wife of Icarios 120
Periboia, wife of Polybos 105
Periclymenos, son of Neleus 45, 50, 87
Periclymenos, son of Poseidon 110
Perieres, charioteer of Menoiceus 72
Perieres, son of Aiolos 38, 44, 68, 120, 127, 128
Perieres, son of Cynortas 119, 120
Perileos, son of Icarios 120
Perimede, daughter of Aiolos 38
Perimede, wife of Licymnios 69
Perimedes, son of Eurystheus 92
Periopis, daughter of Pheres 130
Periphetes, son of Hephaistos 138
Pero, daughter of Neleus 45, 46–7
Perse, mother of Circe and Aietes 166
Perseis, mother of Pasiphae and Aietes, 43, 97
Persephone, daughter of Zeus 30, 33–4, 84, 131, 143, 170
Perses, brother of Aietes 57
Perseus, son of Nestor 46
Perseus, son of Zeus 29, 44, 65–8, 70, 119
Peteos, father of Menestheus 121
Phaedra (properly Phaidra), daughter of Minos 97, 98, 141–2, 172
Phaethon, son of Tithonos 131
Phaia, sow of Crommyon, named after
the woman who reared it 139
Phaidimos, son of Amphion 105
Phanos, son of Dionysos 50
Pharnace, daughter of Megassares 131
Phegeus, father of Arsinoe 113
Pheneus, son of Melas 42
Phereclos, builder of ships for Paris 146
Perecydes (of Athens, historian, 5th cent. BC) 32 (3F42 Jacoby), 33 (F53), 42 (F122a), 51 (Fllla), 59 (F67), 71 (F69a), 89 (F42), 96 (F87), 100 (F22c), 101 (F89), 110 (F92a), 115 (F157), 126 (F60)
Pheres, son of Cretheus 40, 46, 48, 49, 120, 130
Pheres, son of Jason 57
Pheidippos, son of Thessalos 148, 161
Philaimon, son of Priam 125
Philammon, father of Thamyris 30
Philocrates (Hellenistic author of a work on Thessaly) 130 (601F1 Jacoby)
Philoctetes, son of Poias 121, 125, 148, 151, 155, 161
Philoitios 169
Philolaos, son of Minos 78, 97
Philomela, daughter of Pandion 133–4
Philonoe, daughter of Iobates 64
Philonome, daughter of Tragasos 150–1
Philyra, mother of Cheiron 29
Philyra, wife of Nauplios 62
Phineus, son of Belos 60, 67
Phineus, son of Poseidon or Agenor 51–3, 135
Phlegyas, son of Ares 104, 119
Phocos, son of Aiacos 126, 127
Phoebe {properly Phoibe), a Titanid 27, 28
Phoebe, daughter of Leucippos 119, 122
Phoenix {properly Phoinix), son of Agenor 96, 131
Phoenix, son of Amyntor 129, 153, 156, 160
Pholos, son of Seilenos, a Centaur 75–6
Phorbas, father of Augeias 76
Phorbos, father of Pronoe 39
Phorcides, the (or Graiai) 29, 65
Phorcos, son of Pontos 29, 65, 167
Phorcys, son of Aretaon 152
Phoroneus, son of Inachos 39, 58
Phrasimos, father of Praxithea 134
Phrasios, a seer 82
Phrasios, son of Neleus 45
Phrixos, son of Athamas 43, 49, 52
Phrontis, son of Phrixos 43
Phthia, concubine of Amyntor 129
Phthia, daughter of Amphion 105
Phthia, loved by Apollo 39
Phylacos, son Deion 44, 46–7
Phylas, king of Ephyra 89, 92
Phylas, son of Antiochos 93
Phyleus, son of Augeias 76, 87, 121, 148
Phyllis 161–2
Phylomache, daughter of Amphion 46
Phylonoe, daughter of Tyndareus 120
Phylonomos, son of Electryon 68
Pieris, slave of Menelaos 21–2
Pieros, son of Magnes 30
Pittheus, son of Pelops 136, 143, 145
Placia, daughter of Otreus 124
Pleiades, the 117
Pleione, daughter of Oceanos 117
Pleisthenes (son of Pelops) 99
Pleuron, son of Aitolos 39
Piexippos, son of Phineus 134–5
Piexippos, son of Thestios 39
Pluto 28, 30, 33–4, 84, 127; see also Hades
Podaleirios, son of Asclepios 121, 148, 155, 158, 162
Podarces, later called Priam 86, 124
Podarces, son of Iphiclos 47
Poias, son of Thaumacos 50, 56, 91, 121, 148
Poliporthes, son of Odysseus 170
Polites, son of Priam 125
Pollux, see Polydeuces
Poltys, welcomes Heracles at Ainos 79
Polyanax, king of the Melians 161
Polybos, king of Corinth 105
Polybotes, a Giant 35
Polycaste, daughter of Nestor 46
Polydectes, son of Magnes 44, 65, 67
Polydeuces, son of Zeus 40, 49, 51, 120, 122
Polydora, daughter of Peleus 127
Polydora, daughter of Perieres 128
Polydoros, son of Cadmos 101, 103
Polydoros, son of Priam 125
Polygonos, son of Proteus 80
Polyidos, son of Coiranos 99–100
Polymede, daughter of Autolycos 48, 56 (not named)
Polymedon, son of Priam 125
Polymele, son of Peleus 130
Polymnia, a Muse 30
Polyneices, son of Oedipus 106, 107–10, 111, 112, 149
Polypemon, see Damastes
Polypheides, king of Sicyon 146
Polyphemos, son of Elatos 50, 51
Polyphemos, son of Poseidon, a Cyclops 165
Polyphontes, a Heraclid 95
Polyphontes, herald of Laios 106
Polypoites, son of Apollo 39
Polypoites, son of Odysseus 170
Polypoites, son of Peirithoos 121, 149, 158
Polyxene, daughter of Priam 125
Polyxenos, king of the Eleans 69
Polyxenos, son of Agasthenes 121
Polyxo, mother of Antiope 117
Pontos (Sea) 29
Porphyrion, a Giant 34
Porthaon, son of Agenor 39
Portheus, father of Echion 157
Poseidon, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Praxithea, at Eleusis 33
Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimos 134
Praxithea, wife of Erichthonios 133
Priam, son of Laomedon 86, 124–5, 147, 152, 154, 157, 161
Proeles, son of Aristodemos 93, 94
Procne, daughter of Pandion 133
Procris, daughter of Erechtheus 44, 70, 134
[Procroustes], see Damastes
Proitos, son of Abas 62–4, 65, 67, 115
Promachos, son of Aison 56
Promachos, son of Parthenopaios 47, 112
Prometheus, son of Iapetos 29, 31, 36–7, 75, 83, 128
Pronax, son of Talaos 47
Pronoe, daughter of Phorbos 39
Pronoos, son of Phegeus 113
Protesilaos, son of Iphiclos 121, 148, 151–2, 153, 161
Proteus, king of Egypt 102, 147, 164
Proteus, son of Poseidon 80
Prothoos, son of Agrios 42
Prothoos, son of Tenthredon 149, 161
Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon 39
Protogeneia, daughter of Deucalion 37
Psamathe, daughter of Nereus 29, 126
Pteleon, lover of Procris 134
Pterelaos, son of Taphios 68–70
Pterelaos, the sons of 68–9
Ptoos, son of Athamas 44
Pygmalion, king of Cyprus 131
Pylaon, son of Neleus 45
Pylos, king of Megara 135–6
Pylia, daughter of Pylas 135
Pylios, at Eleusis 171
Pylos, son of Ares 39
Pyraichmes, leader of the Paeonians 152
Pyrene, mother of Cycnos 82
Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus 37
Pyrrhos, later Neoptolemos 129
Python, serpent at Delphi 31
Rhadamanthys, son of Zeus 71, 72, 96, 97
Rhea, a Titanid 27–8, 102, 125, 162
Rhesos, son of Strymon 30, 153
Rhexenor, father of Chalciope 136
Rhode, daughter of Poseidon 33
Rhoicos, a Centaur 116
Salamis, daughter of Asopos 127
Salmoneus, son of Aiolos 38, 44–5
Sandocos, son of Astynoos 131
Sarapis 58
Sarpedon, son of Poseidon 80
Sarpedon, son of Zeus 96, 97, 153, 154
Satyr, a 58, 60–1
Scaios, son of Hippocoon 120
Scamander 123, 124, 154
Sceiron, son of Pelops 126, 139
Schedios, son of Iphitos 121
Schoineus, son of Athamas 41, 44, 49, 117
Scylla, a monster 55, 167
Scylla, daughter of Nisos 137
Scyrios, father of Aigeus 136
Sea, see Pontos
Seasons (Horai), the 29
Seilenos, father of Pholos 75
Selene, see Moon
Semele, daughter of Cadmos 101, 102
Side, wife of Orion 32
Sidero, stepmother of Tyro 45
Simoeis, father of Astyoche and Hieromneme 123
Simonides (lyric poet, 6th-5th cent, BC) 141
Sinis, son of Polypemon 138
Sinon 156–7
Sipylos, son of Amphion 104
Sirens (Seirenes), the 30, 40, 55, 167
Sisyphos, son of Aiolos 38, 44, 64, 101, 117, 126
Sky, see Ouranos
Smyrna, daughter of Theias 131
Sparta, daughter of Eurotas 118
Spartoi (Sown Men), the 100, 109
Spercheios, son of Menesthios 128
Spermo, daughter of Anios 148
Sphinx, the 106
Staphylos, son of Dionysos 50, 140
Stemops, son of Melas 42
Sterope, daughter of Acastos 128
Sterope, daughter of Atlas 117
Sterope, daughter of Cepheus 88
Sterope, daughter of Pleuron 39
Sterope, daughter of Porthaon 40
Steropes, a Cyclops 27
Stesichoros (lyric poet, 7th-6th cent. BE) 119, 172
Stheneboia, daughter of Apheidas or Iobates 62, 63, 64, 115
Sthenelaos, son of Melas 42
Sthenele, daughter of Acastos 130
Sthenelos, father of Cometes 160
Sthenelos, son of Androgeos 79
Sthenelos, son of Capaneus 112, 121
Sthenelos, son of Perseus 68, 69
Stheno, a Gorgon 66
Stratobates, son of Electryon 68
Stratonice, daughter of Pleuron 39
Strophios, father of Pylades 163
Strymo, daughter of Scamander 124
Stymphalos, son of Elatos 92, 115, 126
Styx, an Oceanid 28, 29
Sun, the (Helios) 29, 33, 34, 43, 50, 55, 57, 76, 80, 83, 97, 166, 168
Sylea, daughter of Corinthos 138
Syleus, killed by Meracles 85
Talaimenes, father of Mesthles and Antiphos 153
Talaos, son of Bias 47, 107, 108
Talos, a man of bronze 56
Talos, nephew of Daidalos 137–8
Talthybios, herald of Agamemnon 148, 150
Tantalos, father of Pelops and Niobe 105, 143
Tantalos, son of Amphion 105
Tantalos, son of Thyestes 146
Taphios, son of Poseidon 68
Tartaros 35, 59; as place 27–8, 119
Tauros, son of Neleus 45
Tebros, son of Hippocoon 120
Tegyrios, king of Thrace 135
Teiresias, son of Everes 70, 109–10, 112, 114, 167, 170, 171
Telamon, son of Aiacos 40, 49, 86, 121, 126–7
Telchis, kills Apis 58
Teledice, wife of Phoroneus 58
Telegonos, king of the Egyptians 60
Telegonos, son of Odysseus 167, 170
Telegonos, son of Proteus 80
Telemachos, son of Odysseus 147, 169
Teleon, father of Boutes 50
Telephassa, wife of Agenor 96, 100
Telephos, son of Heracles 88, 92, 116
Telesilla (lyric poet, 5th cent, BC) 105
Telestes, son of Priam 125, 149–50, 156
Temenos (son of Aristomachos), a Heraclid 93–4
Tenes, son of Cycnos 150–1
Tenthredon, father of Prothoos 149
Tereis, mother of Megapenthes 122
Tereus, son of Ares 133–4
Terpsichore, a Muse 30
Tethys, a Titanid 27, 28, 58, 126
Teucros, son of Scamander 123
Teucros, son of Telamon 121, 127, 155
Teutamides, king of Larissa 67
Teuthras, king of Teuthrania 88, 116
Thaleia, a Grace 29
Thaleia, a Muse 30
Thalpios, son of Eurytos 121
Thamyris 30
Thasos, son of Poseidon 96
Thaumacos, father of Poias 50
Thaumas, son of Pontos 29
Theano, wife of Antenor 152
Thebaid (early epic) 42 (fr. 8 Davies)
Thebe, wife of Zetheus 104
Theia, a Titanid 27, 28
Theias, father of Adonis 131
Theiodamas, father of Hylas 51, 88
Thelxiepeia, a Siren 167
Thelxion 58
Themis, a Titanid 27, 29, 31, 82, 128
Themiste, daughter of lios 123
Themisto, daughter of Hypseus 44
Therimachos, son of Heracles 92
Thersandros, son of Polyneices 112, 149
Thersites, son of Agrios 42, 154
Theseus, son of Aigeus or Poseidon 40, 49, 57, 84, 86, 98, 107, 111, 121, 138–43, 157, 172
Thespios, king of Thespiae 71, 72, 89, 91
Thessalos or Thettalos, son of Heracles
92, 148, 161
Thestalos, son of Heracles 92
Thestios, the sons of 41
Thetis, daughter of Nereus 29, 31, 55, 102, 128–9, 148, 151, 159, 160
Thoas, father of Hypsipyle 50, 108
Thoas, king of the Taurians 163
Thoas, son of Andraimon 148, 170
Thoas, son of Dionysos 140
Thoas, son of Icarios 120
Thoosa, mother of Polyphemos 164
Thrasymedes, son of Nestor 46
Thyestes, son of Pelops 69, 145–6
Thyone, later name o/Semele 103
Thyreus, son of Oineus 40
Timandra, daughter of Tyndareus 120
Tiphys, son of Hagnias 49, 53
Tisamenos, son of Orestes 93–4, 164
Tisiphone, a Fury 27
Tisiphone, daughter of Alcmaion 114
Titanides, the 27
Titans, the 27–9, 34
Tithonos, son of Cephalos 131
Tithonos, son of Laomedon 82, 124, 154
Tityos, son of Zeus 31–2
Tlepolemos, son of Heracles 89, 92, 93, 148, 161
Tmolos, husband of Omphale 85
Toxeus, son of Oineus 40
Tragasos, father of Philonome 150
Trienos (Triton?) 167
Triops, son of Poseidon 38
Triptolemos, son of Celeos 33
Triton, father of Pallas 123–4
Triton, son of Poseidon 33
Troilos, son of Priam or Apollo 125, 152
Troizenos, father of Euphemos 152
Tros, son of Erichthonios 123
Tydeus, son of Oineus 42, 107–11, 112, 121, 148
Tyndareus, son of Perieres or Oibalos 44, 88, 119, 120–1, 122, 146, 163, 172
Typhon, son of Tartaros 35–6, 64, 73 80, 81, 106, 139
Tyrannos, son of Pterelaos 68
Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus 45, 46
Ulysses, see Odysseus
Xanthippe, daughter of Doros 39
Xanthippos, son of Melas 42
Xanthos, an immortal horse 129
Xenodamas, son of Menelaos 122
Xenodice, daughter of Minos 97
Xenodoce, daughter of Syleus 85
Xouthos, son of Hellen 37, 44, 134
Zelos, son of Pallas 29
Zetes, son of Boreas 49, 52, 134
Zethos, son of Zeus and Antiope 104, 117
Zeus, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Zeuxippe, wife of Pandion 133, 291
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